Moments

Moments

Inherent in the medium of photography is its ability to capture time; a moment, fleeting or fixed, that is permanently recorded. It is both a technical capability of the camera, and a desire on the part of the photographer or artist to pause, reflect or peer into a view of the world. These moments can be reflective and reactionary — ‘standing in a particular place at a particular time’ — or they can be investigations of concepts or ideas. What is evident in the works is how each of the image makers have considered the moment, and privileged their choice of time in each of the images.

Clare Rae

Earl Carter

Glenn Sloggett

Heidi Victoria

Henry Talbot

Lyndal Walker

Lynton Crabb

Mark Galer

Polixeni Papapetrou

Rod Schaffer

Sue Ford

Welcome

Photography 130 focuses on the ways RMIT photographic students and staff have reflected the shifting cultural, social and political climates of Melbourne and Australia over the last 130 years.